by Dan Bradbury caused one almighty storm Last week he claimed his second DP World Tour title at the Open de France.
Some golf fans felt the 25-year-old Wakefield native wasn’t playing by the rules, believing he was enshrining his putter at Le Golf National.
The young pro switched to a broomstick-style flatstick for the tournament and the change paid immediate dividends.
You can remember what happened Here.
For his part, Bradbury strongly denied the claims and suggested it was up to the game’s rule makers, the USGA and R&A, to make changes.
Read what he had to say Here.
There was renewed debate over the rules at this week’s International Series event on the Asian Tour.
The winner of the Order of Merit will receive a golden ticket to the 2025 LIV Golf League and American John Catlin is currently in the lead.
A golfer in the field also caught the attention of X user Shane Gurnett, who clipped and reshared the video below.
“The rules are optional on the Asian Tour,” he wrote.
Check out the clip here:
What is your verdict?
Some X users believed the player was guilty of anchoring.
Here are some reactions:
“Forbid it. Putter should be the shortest club in the bag.”
“This is different than the guy who won in Europe last week?”
“Outrageous.”
“Disgusting.”
“Looks anchored?”
“Is that Langer’s nephew?”
“I saw him putt his last hole and I was amazed. The anchoring was very clear. Typically, television coverage does not provide a clear look at questionable techniques.”
What is anchoring?
The USGA and R&A implemented an anchoring ban in 2016 under Rule 14-1b, which prohibits players from “directly” or “indirectly” anchoring the club to their body during a shot.
When anchoring, a player stabilizes part of the racket (often the handle end) against his body, reducing movement of the hands and wrists.
This was commonly done with long putters or belly putters. While these putters are still legal, the way they are anchored is not.
Players must swing the racket freely without using their body as a fulcrum.
The rule was introduced to ensure that all shots are struck with a free-swinging motion to promote fairness and consistency in the game
